Comment on Someone purchased the old domain of a FOSS app, then it's using it to deceive users to download adware

OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is that really an enforced rule somewhere, or just one of those loose intentions from the early days of domain names?

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  • porksoda@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it is, it’s news to me. I co-owned an education data consultancy (before realizing there was no money in education) that used a .org; we were for-profit.

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    • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like you unintentionally fit the brief anyway.

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  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The people who maintain .org enforce it

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• Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TIL

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• trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Then they can just buy another domain under .Dev or .app

  It’s like playing whack a mole

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  • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it used to be a valid website, and is now a scam, that’s a mole worth whacking - even if they’ll try again with a previously unknown url

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